Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation. He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great. Failure is the true test of greatness.

A spark of every fire we seek is already within us.

Humor is falling downstairs if you do it in the act of telling your wife not to.

The reason I didn't take the baseball route is because they don't have rankings for baseball players.

Boy George is all England needs. Another queen who can't dress.

Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents.

This is a day we have managed to avoid for a quarter of a century. We've talked about it before and speculated about it, and it finally has occurred. We hoped we could push this day back forever.

Much unhappiness has come from things left unsaid

People can think whatever they like. I don't desire their validation.

I feel that there is no such thing as ultimate forgetting; traces once impressed upon the memory are indestructible.

Why a tender curb upon the youthful burning boy? Why a little curtain of flesh on the bed of our desire?